Crime Against Public Order - Evasion of Service of Sentence Flashcards
Article 157
Evasion of service of sentence
The penalty of prision correccional in its medium and maximum periods shall be imposed upon any convict who shall evade service of his sentence by escaping during the
term of his imprisonment by reason of final judgment.
However, if such evasion or escape shall have taken place
by means of unlawful entry, by breaking doors, windows,
gates, walls, roofs, or floors, or by using picklocks, false
keys, deceit, violence or intimidation, or through
connivance with other convicts or employees of the penal
institution, the penalty shall be prision correccional in its
maximum period.
Article 158
Evasion of service of sentence on the
occasion of disorder, conflagrations, earthquakes, or
other calamities
A convict who shall evade the service of his sentence, by leaving the penal institution where he shall have been confined, on the occasion of disorder resulting from a conflagration, earthquake, explosion, or similar catastrophe, or during a mutiny in which he has not participated, shall suffer an increase of one-fifth of the time still remaining to be served under the original sentence, which in no case shall exceed six months, if he shall fail to give himself up to the authorities within forty-eight hours following the issuance of a proclamation by the Chief Executive announcing the passing away of such calamity.
Convicts who, under the circumstances mentioned in the
preceding paragraph, shall give themselves up to the authorities within the above mentioned period of 48 hours, shall be entitled to the deduction provided in Article 98.
Article 159
Other cases of evasion of service of sentence
The penalty of prision correccional in its minimum period shall be imposed upon the convict who, having been granted conditional pardon by the Chief Executive, shall violate any of the conditions of such pardon. However, if the penalty remitted by the granting of such pardon be higher than six years, the convict shall then suffer the unexpired portion of his original sentence.
